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Minor Distractions

Minor Distractions is an Alliance-only quest for level 15-30 in Blasted Lands. It is step 1 of 56 in the Blasted Lands storyline, the opening step. The quest's turn-in marker is in Blasted Lands at 60.1, 13.5. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 3,100 experience and money.

Description

Nethergarde has stood steadfast for years against the demon onslaught that plagues this land. Our watch is never-ending, our vigilance unfaltering, and our courage bottomless.

We have held these lands since the portal opened, but now these Horde insects have the insolence to stand in our way!? We have protected THEM as well as we have protected ourselves!

<Lungertz looks you over.>

Let's see if you've got a hand for combat. Slay one of the Horde's Okril'lon scouts that nibble at our perimeter.

Rewards

Money7 gold87 silver50 copper
Experience3,100 XP
ReputationAlliance +150
Top Comments

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Prodigalwow+15via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

So I'm trying for Loremaster achievement and returned to blasted lands to complete the required quests.

This thread needs an update for 2020 in case players, like me, just forget time and time again that any ! or ? in the zone might in fact be where the NPC is but....in a previous version of the zones history which means there is always a chat bubble somewhere which is the NPC you go to in order to travel back in time where amazingly the quests will actually be where the ! and ? say they are located.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP3,100
MoneyGold7g 87s
ReputationAlliance+150

Reward details

Reputation: Alliance +150

Reputation group: Classic.

Other quests in Blasted Lands that reward Alliance reputation: Our Fallen Friends (+350), Curtail the Darktail (+250), Eliminate the Okril'lon (+350), Nethergarde Reigns (+250), Remove Their Arms (+250), Watcher Mahar Ba (+10).

Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapBlasted LandsTurn-in marker at 60.1, 13.5, 12 mapped points
World Map

Where to go

Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.

Blasted Lands Quest turn-in 12 mapped points
Blasted Lands map showing where to go for Minor DistractionsTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #17 60.1 13.5

Coordinates

  • Turn-inBlasted Lands 60.1, 13.5/way #17 60.1 13.5
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Blasted Lands 57.5, 16.6/way #17 57.5 16.6
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Blasted Lands 63.4, 23.3/way #17 63.4 23.3

Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.

Nearby on the Blasted Lands map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Blasted Lands, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Blasted Lands:

  • Nethergarde Keep, Blasted LandsAlliance · about 200 yards south
  • Marshtide Watch, Swamp of SorrowsAlliance · about 860 yards north-east
  • The Harborage, Swamp of SorrowsAlliance · about 960 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 120 yards south-west
  • Objective areaabout 270 yards south-east

Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.

Quest Line

Storyline

Blasted Lands

Part 1 of 56.

Next: A Closer Look

  1. 1Minor Distractions
  2. 2A Closer Look
  3. 3Eliminate the Okril'lon
  4. 4Our Fallen Friends
  5. 5Curtail the Darktail
  6. 6Watcher Mahar Ba
  7. 7Cultists at our Doorstep
  8. 8Kasim Sharim
  9. 9Attune the Bloodstone
  10. 10The First Step
  11. 11Blood Ritual
  12. 12The Amulet of Allistarj

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 56.

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • A Closer LookBlasted Lands · Level 15-30

    We've seen countless ships sail past the shore to the southeast, but most pass by inconspicuously. Several days ago, however, a powerful storm carried several of the ships to shore and left them wrecked.

The storyline at a glance

Blasted Lands has 56 steps, from Minor Distractions to The Downfall of Marl Wormthorn.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Blasted Lands (56).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Blasted Lands map

Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.

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Mired in Hatred
Mirror Attunement: Dominance Keep

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